New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-11-09
O'BRIEN LEAVES HIS CELL
REMOVED TO THE PRISON INrIRMARY.
JOHN DILLON TALKS TO THE NATIONAL LEAuCh "
VENGEANCE on THE LANDLORDS.
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| Copvrfght ; 1887 Bg The Ncr- YORK. Tribune
| DUBLIN, Nov. Sat the fortnghtly meeting OF
the National League in DGbn to-day Mr. O'3ren's
prison treatment the theme of all the speeches
Mr.. .DIllon delivered remarkable address, OF
! which | send you some eXtracts lie spoke uhdef
the influence Of considerable emotion and evoked
an amount of enthusiasm and depth of fecng
! such as has probably never been witnessed before
in the rooms of the National League. He said'
Mr.. William OBreu. need hardly say to any assem- Assem-,
ny 1i nrs i p ~ M & tn snfr in the cause
of Ireland and he himself would he the last sh fins
mercy to such Government as that under when we
perfectly ready suffer everything which II may raj! ia
his way TO suffer in this cause the people Oh Itan at
entitled O demand that under the glsc OF npilIonmee.
shall not have cold bocded murder pracSed ID lnl i
country We have unfortunately had but too clear eNl
that in the case Irish political prisoners 1t has been
the practice OF certain oi cias IN ireland Ia pcrrae
perfectly that IN the year and in the years that toi
lowed many man who was condemned 10
actually done TO death ven mad by treatment
which would not have been mcted out 70 mihecr W
the touIe7t criminal my %rn was v e1e Ireland We
know the fate of the young man who took par III ny se
enough has been heard Of the fate Of that young
man. clearer and more distinct case " nrnal niu
unfceng murder never was pepetrated II TINS OF ay
other country. man whose crime was of an extremely
tng character eFen In the eyes OF the law wno,c
offence in the eyes OF his connrymcn was nov cI''o
but was virtue, was put INTO pfls ,l s, f
and when IL became known that he WAS -uhri,"?
from cruel and terrible disease The drec result fct
imprisonment telling. recoect-a and that is Iaet
IN reIa,d todayPtenc on Constitution originally
of the strongest and rudcst kindwhen II became KNOWN
AMI terrible disease he locked alone In cell ana
night after night he passed IN agony without human
human heart 10 sympsihize with him. and lie was al
lowed die in misery By bruesintho shape oil prison
officials and the doctor
THE CRIME or LOVING IRELAND.
aude to these fsctsn order to bring home more forc
bly,. IL needs be- to tho minds OF the public 81 Lngahu
Ireland what Is at stake in the transactions tha' arc
at present going on In the jail at Iuilaiho'c
say that IT Is one OF the most awful crimes
recorded in orr day that man who IL
| lying in all common criminal for words when
have tue sanction OF the malsniy OF civilized hnm-n
into terrific struggle sgant his jaers TO sa'e
himself from what he considers, and considers Justly
oBnen was that Il wa, h duty a. en-. Of leaders
who counsllcd the people to fac. ana DEFY hs IA" ar.
ana solve thi, question OF whether me
tc be- snbmI"% because they loved Ireland aud
not afraid defend her rights 10 the same tIcttncht ~
understand the motives Of the Tory politicians who are
responsible for these deods | can nndorstAnd TEEN
locking up In prison. can understand them hstIns
us and onr political action; but for men who profess 10
lie gentlemen. Tor men who figure before NE ~orId as
world will believe matter what their assertion, are
they acting under the sting Of the words which
know perfectly wen that Mr. O'Brien'- pen Is sharp
ana sngns pen ana wmo rs net1 una, %, polcy
ne IL pursuing, IL not actuaei and driven forward
ny me West ana neanes huNe l"c,' hii,er
himself on the man no" IN hls power LOT Ha@uS wv ~,
| thing that has been said II this man had even INC
Sr u r1yery The mere fct that Mr. oBren had
attacked him by speech and pen would have projected
iumiating revenge have spoken Of this thing rom
the point of view OF Insi-hncn aud men al oyer "a"
world deliberately refrain from speaking or IL from
the point OF view Of i.nmep dare not 90 .o 5S
| esrct
A BLOW TO TUE Plan or CAMPAIGN
am bound 70 admit that no blow that coud mink OF
would be AS the arrest and removal OF Mr.
OTiricn even FOR short period from this mo' emcnt
Whenever the people seemed Ia nlc or wherever there
appeared 10 be any sign OF weakness, with an almost
superhuman energy william Orien Was to be found on
the spot whether the police wanted to LEI him be There or
70 .press the almost magical power by which his words
and his presence rallied tho ranks of our rroe ana
carried disHay into TIC ranks OF our eneinits mere
he the slightest doubt that his Influence was ei
pressed in the Of the old saving one bast upon
| IF, bncc horn was worth ten thousand men; but
stil believe that the Government viii ind before ycTy
long-and know that the Landlords VIII ma mn INA, ,nr
feeling Of the people has reached such point ma ,e
position Will not be made eH'cr ny INC cr''i SSe
they will md the contrary that their position IS made
worse.
"EFMrMBrE O'BnIEN AND ANENGK HIM.
There Is no hillside valley ~ ireland whore the cry
does not rng ever secret meeting and there
are lots Of meetings going Oh where they VIII not
allow public ouos-whore the cry does not r'ns ont
among the men who meet along the road; Remember
O'Bricn AMI avcngc him." loud aud continual cheers.
and they rignt well how to carry ont that cry
I tell Inc Landlords Of Ireland th-t While inc par "
words ~ Mr. OBucn VIII be rccolleciei and aci'd n"
namely TO avoid outrage and crime - you Wouh AFnl
poison Will find oiner md more chccina mem, oil
making the landlords Of ireland remember Mr. p'Enei
and regret the iay they embarked Oh th'- 'o"""lJ al"
! contemplate policy.
Mr.. +. Harrington " f.. who also spoke said
William o. Bren's last wor Is were " Between
deprlvations and degradation draw deep line
Deprivation., and any amount OF them | shall
stand hut de.rcdetion nevcr." He knew Mr.
| D'Brien well ami he would pledge hi, word that
while the breath OF life was in Inn ho would not
suhm,t to bc degraded in Jail, as Mr.. oHricn Hsd
TO his taller as no entered prison " Tie only
prison garb you will be able to put on ne without
a struggle will be the shroud.'
The visiting Justices at the Jail today-a pair OF
| land agents-had determined to send MI . hrieh
to the dark cells for obstinaey. While they
we're at their deliberations the Nationalist
magistrate who visited him yesterday, and
who IS also a doctor. together with another
Nationalist magistrate, entered MI hr'e"
cell They wrote in the visitors BOOK
such an account of Mr. OTriens treatme Mt, declar
ing the cell was unfit even for robust man 10 IN
habit for twenty-five hours OF the twenty-ionr,
tina, the visiting Justices reversed their decision aud
sent Mr. CBrlen aud Mr.. Vaudeville also 10
the intrmary instead of the dark Cells
| Mr. o. Brien has lost seven pounds III weight since
| bIs imprisonment and DIR. Moorhead says. presents
a NEST eInacIatcd appearance lie has been sunor-
| ing from disrrhpa and Notwithstanding this TACT
the re- regular prison doctor who IA son oil ono
| of the justices who wanted to put INN
IN the punishment cells to-day. saw no reason ior
| au alteration of his barbarons treatment.
This will give idea of the sort OF olhclals Win
ohon this Jail is manned. IL ~ most noSV
| 10
interference of outside justices not connected Win
with the prison. but Insisting on their rights ~ mag
strates that Mr. OBrien is IN the infrmary at this
moment instead OF one of those terrible D'ack
holes | described the other day. such as that
| in which the hysterical woman was